The Weekly Recap – The Week That Was

Just how good is Foot Locker champ Grant Fisher? We answer that question plus look at Japanese marathoner Yuki Kawauchi, who ran his second sub 2:10 marathon in 2 weeks and has dominated USA marathoners on his own this year, take a look at a different type of track club in the US that made headlines at Club Nats, take another look back at NCAA XC, and have recommended reads, a video of the week, a song of the week and more.

LetsRun.com may have to start paying more attention to the mountain/trail running scene as Joseph Gray, second recently at the XTERRA World Trail Run Championships got the win. Alan Webb faded to 32nd. The Champions League Athletic Performance team from Colorado won the team title.

Former CU Buff Laura Thweatt continued her fine late 2013 running as she got the win after her 3rd place at the .US National Road Racing Championships. The Beasts TC won nationals in their first attempt.

Move Over, Edward Cheserek And Abbey D …

Let us proudly announced the real winners of NCAAs - our prediction contest winners, who highlight the best of LRC. We've got a repeat winner who can really crunch numbers, an Asics Aggie who ran Club Nats with some legends, and a guy who used to train with Bob Kennedy and has a proposal to fix the NCAA XC meet. Read all about them. Thanks to RunFanShop.com for sponsoring the contest.

Merry XMAS – A Whole Album About Running

There are lots of songs runners relate to but few, if any, songs actually about running … Until now! Now there is a whole album. Listen to it, download it (for whatever price you want to pay even zero) and get a bonus track for free just being a LetsRun.com loyal visitor. It makes the perfect Xmas gift.